By Camila Patiño Sánchez
In this ethnography of Frédéric-Back park, I based myself on Cristina Moretti’s walking ethnography exercise and gave importance to more-than-human encounters and their manifestations. This resulted in a rich lecture of the park which is configured by multiple entanglements of human and non-human beings. Read more
By Javiera Araya-Moreno
During a workshop at the Ethnography Lab, we talked about how to learn to do ethnography. One way of learning, I propose in this blog, is to read ethnographies. And particularly one part of them: the stories that seem secondary in comparison to the main arguments of the book.
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By Maya Lamothe-Katrapani
Montreal Waterways meets the CIRM is a series of two blog entries that respond to my experience walking along urban water in Montreal with The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal. Here I address my personal relationship with water in cities and how the CIRM’s conferences-experiences allowed me to rethink my encounters with the St-Lawrence river in the winter. Read more
By Ariana Seferiades
When I arrived in Montreal a friend told me I should find an outdoor activity if I wanted to survive. She looked serious. Going to an ice rink became my mode of survival in a new landscape. To face winter’s interiority I offered my own, by replacing my four wheels for a blade. Read more
By Kregg Hetherington
Ethnography is world-making and labs are where we experiment world-making methods. Covid-19 challenges us to rethink the infrastructure of these methods. Read more
